Continuing through this week at Avant Garde LES is Queens-based ZA ONE‘s exuberant solo exhibit, TheEvolution of ZA ONE. While visiting last week, I had the chance to speak to its curator, Kate Storch.

Last Tuesday, First Street Green Park — on the corner of Houston Street and 2nd Avenue — was home to a buoyant celebration of International Hip-Hop Day. Hosted by PeepThis and organized by Anthony Bowman and Kate Storch, the event featured legendary graffiti artists, along with hip-hop and DJing pioneers. The mural pictured above was painted by T-Kid. Here are several more images we captured: